Spacing fastener for wire screens



Dec. 1 1925- l. PE1 ERSON SPACING FASTENER FOR WIRE SCREENS Filed sept. 17, 1924 ammi, 4.

of which the Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

1,563,185 PATENT omen.

UNITED STATES ISAAC PETERSON, Q F BERKELEY,

SPACING FASTENEB FOR WIRE SCREENS.

lapplication mea september 1v, im. serial newseme.

To all whom t may comcern:

Be it known that I', ISAAC PETERSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State/of California, have invented 4new and useful Spacing Fasteners for lVire Screens,

allowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements 1n spacing fasteners for wire screens used as reinforcing elementsfor cement wmixtures applied to the face of a house.

` which, furthermore,

To give to a house a Stucco finish, it is customary to secure 'wire netting or a wire screen in spaced .relation `to the wall of the house so that on applying a coat of cement material, the `wire screen becomes elnbedded in the material and reinforces the same To hold the wire screen in spaced relation, various means have been designed and it is proposed in the present invention to providev a simple devicefor spacing individual strands of the wire nettingor wire screen from the wall of the house, the device .being particularly adapted to resist the blow of a hammer, and being formed with a flat base which presents no sharpcorners. and, therefore, does not cut into the tar paper ordinarily provided next to the Wall and presents a flat saddle for the strand of wire to restin so that there is little danger of the wire being cut by the blow of the hammer. Further advantages of my `device will appear as the specification proceeds. v The preferred forms of my invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which y Figure 1 shows two of my fasteners' in operative relation with a wire screen;

Figure .2 a longitudinal cross-section through my fastener taken along line II II of Figure 1;

Figure 3 a' perspective view of my fastener;

.Figure 4 a transverse section taken along line IV--IV of Figure 1, and

Figure 5 a perspective view of a slightly modified form.

While I have shown onlyjthe preferred forms of the invention, I ywish to have it understood that various changes or modifications may be made within the scope of thefclaims hereto attached without departing from the spirit of the invention.

My spacing fastener as illustrated in Figures 1' to 4 comprises a. tubular element 1 of substantially l rectangular cross-section presenting a flat `base 2, the two spacing sides 3- and a saddle shaped top element 4, the two spacing elements 3 converging slightly toward the top element due to the fact that the latter is bent into the shape of a saddle. The nail 6 pierces the top element 4. and the base 2 through perforations 7 and 8v so that when the nail is driven into the ywall, itwill cause the base to lie firmly against the wall and will, at the same time, confine a strand of wire in the saddle between the top element 4 and the head 9 of the nail. Instead of a single strand that ortion of the wire` netting presenting a double strand, as shown at .11 in Figure 2, may, of course, be substituted. The two spacing elements 3 are preferably indented, as shown at 12, to offer more resistance to collapse due to the blow of the hammer. In the form shown in Figure 5, a double base 13` consisting of the two elements 14 and 16, is provided, which renders the clevice somewhat stronger and which is'manufactured in a somewhat different manner, the fastener Shown in Figure 3 being cut from a previously prepared tube, While the fastener shown 1n Figure 5 is bent into shape from a previously prepared strip of metal. l

The advantages of the device are apparent. The base being flat, there is no t anger of the same cutting into the tar paper secured next to the wall, nor is there any danger of a material shortcoming of fasteners provided at the present time which present spaced legs resting directly against the wall. The two straight spacing elements 3 are formed into one unit with the base and are of the same strength as the base and are sufficiently strong to resist any blow of a hammer necessary to drive the nail, particularly when reinforced bythe indenturel 12. The saddle 4 allows the wire to lie in the same in its natural position without being stretched or bent out of shape and without coming in contact with any sharp corners which might tend to out the wire. It stands Yto reason that a fastener of this character may be made of very light material without losing its advantageous features.

Attention is further called to the fact the base spreading, which 1S that 'the perforation 7 in the top of the dep' vice is dimensioned to tightly fit the nail so mg sides presenting'a so sides and a top forming a saddle, with a single central perforation in theV top and a registering perforation in the base allowing a nail to be driven through the :form into the Wall and allowing a strand of Wire to beonfined in the saddle by the head of the nai 2. Means for fastening a wire screen in spaced relation to a wall comprising a hollow, rectangular form o` n on two opposfiat base ada ted to he placed against the wall, slantlng sidesand a top forming a saddle, with a single central perforation in the top and a registering perforation in the base allowing a nail to be driven through the formI into the wall andallowin a strand of wire to be confined in the sad le by the head of the nail, the perforation in the top being dimen-r sioned to just fit the nail so as to allow form and nail to be handled in the market and to be o rated as a unit-ary structure.

3. lllins for fastening a wire screen Ain spaced relation to a wall, comprising a hol` low, rectangular form o n on two op osin sides presenting a soli fiat base adaptecgl to be vplaced against the wall, slanting sides and a top forming a saddle, with a single central erforation in the top and a registerin perlhration in the base allowing a nail to driven through the form into the wall and allowing a strand of Wire to be confined in `the saddle by the head of the nail, the slantin -sides being indented to better resist col apse under the blow of a hammer.

' SAAC PETERSON. 

